About this report

This report shows the total number of admissions to all public hospitals where the admission resulted from a presentation to an emergency department from within the hospital or for other emergency reasons.

Note:

Statewide total includes all Victorian Hospitals reporting activity to the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED).

The Anne Caudle campus of Bendigo Healthcare has been incorporated into Bendigo Hospital from January 2017.

Understanding emergency patients

Total public hospital admissions categorised as emergency, resulting from a presentation to an emergency department or for other emergency reasons such as a GP referral for acute illness.